Schedule 8812 | Agent Skills Atlas

About this skill

Use when an individual taxpayer needs to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC), the refundable Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), or the Credit for Other Dependents (ODC) on Form 1040 by completing Schedule 8812. Triggers on phrases like "Child Tax Credit", "CTC", "qualifying child credit", "Schedule 8812", "Credit for Other Dependents", "ODC", "ACTC", "refundable child credit", "credit for elderly parent dependent", "claim $2,000 per child", "kid tax credit". Do NOT use for: dependent care expenses (use Form 2441 skill), Earned Income Tax Credit (use Schedule EIC skill), Adoption Credit (use Form 8839 skill), or the Child and Dependent Care Credit. The Child Tax Credit and the Child and Dependent Care Credit are two different credits — this skill is only for the former.

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Original name

schedule-8812

Original description

Use this skill when an individual taxpayer needs to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC), the refundable Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), or the Credit for Other Dependents (ODC) on Form 1040 by completing Schedule 8812. Triggers on phrases like "Child Tax Credit", "CTC", "qualifying child credit", "Schedule 8812", "Credit for Other Dependents", "ODC", "ACTC", "refundable child credit", "credit for elderly parent dependent", "claim $2,000 per child", "kid tax credit". Do NOT use for: dependent care expenses (use Form 2441 skill), Earned Income Tax Credit (use Schedule EIC skill), Adoption Credit (use Form 8839 skill), or the Child and Dependent Care Credit. The Child Tax Credit and the Child and Dependent Care Credit are two different credits — this skill is only for the former.

About this listing

Category: General
Reported license: Apache-2.0
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.